Test 8 · ★ · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets You visit your auntie in Glasgow and her cat ignores you. She says «och, dinnae fret». What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, cat · What happens: visit, ignore, say, do · To what, where: auntie, Glasgow, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school .
The question Sentence 1: You visit your auntie in Glasgow and her cat ignores you.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl cc nmod:poss nsubj conj obj punct root You PRON visit VERB your PRON auntie NOUN in ADP Glasgow PROPN and CCONJ her PRON cat NOUN ignores VERB you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 visit nsubj 2 visit visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 auntie nmod:poss 4 auntie auntie NOUN Number=Sing 2 visit obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 Glasgow case 6 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN Number=Sing 2 visit obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 ignores cc 8 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 cat nmod:poss 9 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 10 ignores nsubj 10 ignores ignore VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 visit conj 11 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 ignores obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 visit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 visit present You your auntie Glasgow vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent auntie=Co-Agent 2 ignore present Glasgow's cat you vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: She says «och, dinnae fret».
nsubj punct discourse punct compound ccomp punct punct root She PRON says VERB « PUNCT och INTJ , PUNCT dinnae X fret NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 fret punct 4 och och INTJ _ 7 fret discourse 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 fret punct 6 dinnae dinnae X _ 7 fret compound 7 fret fret NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 8 » » PUNCT _ 7 fret punct 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present cat vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should you do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX you PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should you vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Hide its food so it needs you
nmod:poss obj mark nsubj advcl obj root Hide VERB its PRON food NOUN so SCONJ it PRON needs VERB you PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hide hide VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 food nmod:poss 3 food food NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hide obj 4 so so SCONJ _ 6 needs mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 needs nsubj 6 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Hide advcl 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 needs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide imperative you not said here its food vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient 2 need present food you vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme
Option 2 Chase it round the flat till it gives in to you
obj case det obl mark nsubj advcl compound:prt case obl root Chase VERB it PRON round ADP the DET flat NOUN till SCONJ it PRON gives VERB in ADP to ADP you PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chase chase VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Chase obj 3 round round ADP _ 5 flat case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 flat det 5 flat flat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Chase obl 6 till till SCONJ _ 8 gives mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 gives nsubj 8 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Chase advcl 9 in in ADP _ 8 gives compound:prt 10 to to ADP _ 11 you case 11 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 gives obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 chase imperative you not said here it the flat vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme round flat=Trajectory 2 give in present flat you vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to you=Pivot
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Leave the cat be and let it come if it wants
det obj cop cc conj obj xcomp mark nsubj advcl root Leave VERB the DET cat NOUN be AUX and CCONJ let VERB it PRON come VERB if SCONJ it PRON wants VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leave leave VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cat det 3 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Leave obj 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 1 Leave cop 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 let cc 6 let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Leave conj 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 let obj 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 let xcomp 9 if if SCONJ _ 11 wants mark 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 wants nsubj 11 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 come advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is infinitive leave property tree rules 2 let infinitive cat tree rules 3 come infinitive cat not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 want a condition, not said to happen present cat vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Tell your auntie her cat is broken
nmod:poss obj nmod:poss nsubj aux:pass ccomp root Tell VERB your PRON auntie NOUN her PRON cat NOUN is AUX broken VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 auntie nmod:poss 3 auntie auntie NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 cat nmod:poss 5 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 7 broken nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 broken aux:pass 7 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Tell ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here your auntie vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent auntie=Recipient clause=Topic 2 break present · passive her cat vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
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